Tag: David Langbart

Foreign Service Friday! The Operations Memorandum

by dlangbar, posted in Foreign Affairs Research Guides

Today’s post is written by archivist David Langbart, who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the fourth in a series of postings … Continue reading Foreign Service Friday! The Operations Memorandum

Foreign Service Friday! The Airgram

by dlangbar, posted in Foreign Affairs Research Guides, State and Foreign Affairs

Today’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the third in a series of postings … Continue reading Foreign Service Friday! The Airgram

Foreign Service Friday! The Telegram

by dlangbar, posted in Foreign Affairs Research Guides, State and Foreign Affairs

Today’s post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State. This is the second in a series of postings … Continue reading Foreign Service Friday! The Telegram

Foreign Service Friday! The Despatch

by dlangbar, posted in Foreign Affairs Research Guides, Records Reference and Research, State and Foreign Affairs

Today's post is written by archivist David Langbart who works primarily with diplomatic records. Researchers who use Department of State records may be interested to know a bit more about the types of documents used by Foreign Service Posts to communicate with the Department of State.  This is the first in a series of postings … Continue reading Foreign Service Friday! The Despatch

The Pond in a barn

by jclingerman, posted in CIA & NSA, Finding Aids, Journalism, World War II

By Jason Clingerman In 2001, seemingly secretive government documents were “found in locked safes and filing cabinets in a barn near Culpeper, Virginia.” After investigation, the records were turned over to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for review. The files turned out to be the records of a highly secretive intelligence organization led by John … Continue reading The Pond in a barn